GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 384-Bit GDDR6X, GV-N308TGAMING OC-12GD Video Card

I plan to updated this review as I get time to do some testing so bare with me.So far the few things I tested the temps barley went up a few degrees. I plan to test a few more intense games such as Metro Exodus and CyberPunk 2077.I've heard undervolting these cards can make them run cooler and quieter with little to no loss in performance. I plan to do some voltage testing and give updates here for others to benefit from.GUIDE TO UNDERVOLTING:The idea of undervolting is to get the same or more performance from your GPU with lower power usage and better temperatures. Generally GPUs are designed to have an optimal power usage to run it, that optimal level is usually much higher than needed and thus causes excess heat and increases your power bill. Most video cards can get more out of it for less power if not, at the very least the same. Additionally, your video card won’t dynamically clock as much giving you varying FPS spikes.Few things to note before we begin:1. Before you get your hopes up you should understand that not all GPUs are made equally and your millage may vary, but regardless you should get something out of this if you do this correctly.2. This does not harm your video card if done correctly, if anything it will potentially make it last longer. This also does not void your warranty. That being said, I nor anyone else who instructs you how to do this will NOT be held responsible if you do something wrong and somehow blow up your video card. Feel free to do your own additional research.3. Game crashing is normal during testing, as this is trial and error till you figure out what is a stable setting for your GPU.STEP 1:Download and install "MSI Afterburner". I will not be linking this, you can search this online and find the program. I will also assume you learned to set up the on screen monitoring. Do a search on that too so you can make sure everything is working correctly in STEP 4. You can do that in the Afterburner settings menu. I recommend having at least Framerate, GPU Power usage, GPU voltage, GPU temperature, GPU ram, Core Clock and Memory Clock usage on. You might even want to play a few games and see what your temperature and clock speeds hover at before so you have something to compare.STEP2:Open MSI Afterburner, click the gear icon seen in my second image circled blue. This will open the settings menu. In my image 3, make sure those settings match your settings menu.STEP 3:Once that is done go back to my image 2, and click the button circled in red or click “CTRL+F” on your MSI Afterburner. This will bring up a curve editor menu as seen in my image 4. Keep both MSI Afterburner and this curves menu open side by side and follow each sub step below:1. In image 2, there is a section boxed in yellow. Pull the Core Clock slider down to -250 on your Afterburner and click the check mark at the bottom center located under your GPU name. You should see the curves editor updated with that change.2. In my image 4, you can see my curve editor for reference. On the bottom of your curve editor, you will find the millivolt (mV) and on the left you will see the core clock speed. We already brought it down -250, so the next goal is to select a millivolt and pull it up to the appropriate core clock speed. In my case I set it at .875mV at 1905mhz core clock. I’ve seen some as low as .830mV at 1905 and beyond but it crashes for me lower than this so it will vary for you too. I suggest starting at around .830-.850mv at 1900mhz+. Once done, once again click that check mark button, but this time press the “floppy disk” icon to the left of the check mark button and click the “1” to the right side of your Afterburner to save your voltage curve. This way you can click the “1” to select this voltage profile. You can make many more if you choose to by testing what works for you.STEP 4:Now in this step, we want to make sure you have on screen monitoring on as stated in STEP 1. Run a game, preferably something current and high end. Cyberpunk 2077 is a good example, but something like Control Ultimate Edition or Horizon Zero Dawn will do. Play normally and see if everything is running smooth. If you experience no crashes after a few hours then your clock should be stable. If you’re feeling bold, you can try lowering power at the same core clock speed or increasing speed at same power usage.However, if you crash return to STEP 3 and try a higher voltage with the same or lower core clock speed. This is trial and error so be patient. Try different games once one is stable too, just in case. Once you settled on your clock speed you should have better power to performance than stock but how much depends on your silicon lottery. You should be getting a few degrees cooler and using a bit less power.BONUS TIP FOR THOSE RUNNING EXTRA HOT CARDS:You can get even better temperatures if you replace your thermal pads inside your GPU. Do an online search if this tutorial was not enough to get your thermals low enough.

It's still a 4-5-year purchase.

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a steal right now because of the competitive prices Amazon had over compared to scalpers and other retailers. This aftermarket GPU has amazing thermals with its patented fans and is better than the blower designed. Please make sure to check if the package has a yellow GIGABYTE factory seal when openings the antistatic bag. This will show you its a brand new out of the factory GPU. Make sure to register at the GIGABYTE Website for your additional 1 year warranty within 30 days. It requires a valid Serial Number, date of purchase, and Check Number on the GPU box. Afterwards, you would have a total 4 year warranty for the GPU.Gaming Experience/Summary:This things runs Minecraft with smoothly with raytracing. It obliterates games at 2k resolution like Fortnight and Genshin Impact with high frames/ultra settings. Overall, the added value of using an Amazon Credit Card because of the 5% cash back had saved me even more money buying the GPU and this is an incredible deal compared to other stores.

The media could not be loaded. There was a lot wrong with this product but let’s start the at the beginning.1. The delivery driver threw my package on my front porch2. The card was either swapped or gigabyte allowed this get past there QA department as it says the card requires 2 8pin power connectors but this one only came with 13. The card powers on fans run but no video4. The Amazon customer service was unprofessional and lacked experience had an attitude when I called didn’t have answers to any questions just excuses5. My replacement card is 7-12 days out even as a prime member.6. Amazon wants me to send the old broken card back to them on Monday the 1st available businesses day .but they’re alright with forcing me to wait 7-12days for my replacement and keeping the money.8. I’ve contacted gigabyte via e-mail but they have a 2-5 bussiness day wait time for a responseI’ll update this review later upon reception of my replacement card as of right now I’m very unoleases with the service I’ve received from Amazon and am really thinking of canceling my service iam also awaiting gigabytes response when I receive that response I will continue to update.Update 1. Still no reply from gigabyte. And Amazon has continued with there horrible service one rep actually called me “entitled” last I checked asking for professionalism isn’t being entitledbeing lied to on multiple occasions by multiple employees doesn’t make me feel like a valued customer.Amazon refusing to accept responsibility instead they put the responsibility onto a 3rd party delivery service.My replacement item was supposed to be delivered on Monday I called Amazon and was told that it would be delivered around 6pm so I made arrangements and canceled plans to home to find out that my package wouldn’t be delivered till the following day because they gave my package to UPS when the item was at a Amazon hub at 12pm Monday and only 45minutes away. Instead UPS has my package flying around the country from Chicago to Ohio to Philly back to Chicago. And when I call Amazon out on this they give me the run around I was hung up on by multiple supervisors placed on hold for unreasonable lengths of time. Was told that “Amazon has my back” bust based on this experience I don’t feel like that is true. If that was really the case they would have had my replacement item here within the 2day Amazon prime delivery time window as the item WAS available!!! So there was absolutely no reason that this wasn’t possible especially since the item was sold and shipped by Amazon.So after a very very long stressful ordeal I’ve concluded that amazons customer service is complete trash. I ordered a new card but received a used card that wasn’t actually a 3080Ti but in fact a 3050!!! I actually had to update my bios on my mobo to run the card but that wasn’t to hard. Still upset about this whole ordeal. And lack of professionalism I received from 85% of the amazon employees I spoke with. Including supervisors who actually hung up on me!!! I honestly hope that Bezos sees this review and isn’t to busy planning his next rocket trip to even care about the customers. I asked for compensation for this situation and was told there is nothing they can do. Hell even Grubhub gives you a $10 credit for your food being 5 minutes late my package was 4days late and all I get is disrespect and lies